Richard L. Askew

Full Name: Richard L. Askew
Date of birth: June 2, 1822
Date of death: March 1, 1889

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 10 Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 6th     Unknown / Hopkins   Hopkins

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House District 10
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th  
Home City/County: Unknown / Hopkins
Counties in district: Hopkins

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Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - R.S. Askew, Upshur County, age 28, born circa 1822 in Georgia, farmer.
    Census of 1860 - Richard Askew, Hopkins County, age 36, born circa 1824 in Georgia, farmer, in household with Isabella Askew.
    Census of 1870 - Richard Askew, Hopkins County, age 47, born circa 1823 in Georgia, farmer, in household with Isabella Askew.
    Census of 1880 - R.L. Askew, Hopkins County, age 56, born circa 1824 in Georgia, justice of the peace, wife Isabella Askew. FamilySearch. 1850 1860 1870 1880
  • R.L. Askew, birth date 6/2/1822, death date 3/1/1889, burial in Woodland Cemetery, Pickton, Hopkins County. Find a Grave.
  • Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

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6th R.S. - 1855
Federal Relations  
State Affairs  

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